"We'll find a way too see you again Tango."

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The group discussed this matter every day now. Someone would listen for cops and if a cop arrived, they'd switch the topic immediately. No one ever listened to their conversations anymore, so hopefully they wouldn't get caught discussing the matter.

(Author magicks shall protect teh hermits)

They planned and planned until a week later, when they decided to start the plan.

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"Is this really necessary?" Impulse groaned, carrying the cake.

"Yes! If the guards see us carrying this cake, they'll let us visit him so it isn't wasted!" Zedaph insisted. "Plus, he probably hasn't been able to eat cake in years, and he loves sweets!" (In my AUs, everyone does, unless I say otherwise >:3) Walking up to the cop guarding the gate, Zedaph and Impulse coughed to get the guards attention. "We're here to visit someone." Zedaph declared. "We've waited for 12 years, you have to let us see him!"

The cop raised an eyebrow. "Normally, we don't have many visitors, but since you've waited 12 years... I'll talk to the chief. Follow me, but no sudden movements." The cop led the two past the gates to the main building after calling in another cop to take his place. He then brought the pair to the main entrance. That was when the alarms went on.

"Attention! There are prisoners trying to escape! Protect all exits and -"

"WHAT?!" Impulse put down the cake. "Zedaph, we need to leave. NOW." Grabbing Zedaph's wrist, he turned to exit. And then he heard shouting. Turning around again, a door burst open and several cops came in. Then, the door leading to the main prison building opened, and a group of people holding various weapons such as pistols and knives ran through. Zed and Imp froze as their eyes met with one of the people in front. Relief, fear, and shock washed over then as they saw a very familiar pair of red eyes.

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(So my idea is kind of complicated. Tango was arrested about a week before his birthday, and he came up with the idea on his 12 year anniversary of being in prison. He planned to escape on his birthday and return home to Imp and Zed, while Imp and Zed planned to try their best to visit him on his 12th birthday. They tried constantly before, but they went to the lengths of buying a large cake to convince the guards to let them visit him so the cake wouldn't be wasted.)

(Or you can just blame plot convenience.)

(So yeah. That's the end.)

(Not.)

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Tango barely had time to register the fact that his friends since kindergarten were right there. But he knew one thing - they were in the line of fire. And he wouldn't hurt them. His eyes darting across the room, his eyes landed on the cake. It was a beautiful cake, but either he uses it, or he gets caught and never gets to eat it anyway.

The police certainly didn't expect he cake to end up in their face, the frosting getting in their eyes. Now, if only they came with candles and a match, Tango would be able to easily set the place on fire. It was a skill of his. But unfortunately, they didn't, so Tango just had a few seconds to kill everyone in the room except for his friends. (Remember, this is from Tango's POV. He doesn't necessarily HAVE to kill anyone.) Luckily, some of the people from Block S came to his aid, also carrying guns. Doc was being careful to keep the innocent guy, Xisuma, out of the line of fire. Perfect. Now, the numbers were slightly more even. But one problem. This was going to be a massacre, and Zed and Imp were in the middle. Holding up his hand to signal to not fire, to approached his old friends. In a quick movement, the two were against the wall and on the floor. Then, after giving his prison friends a thumbs up, the massacre started. The cops never even had a chance due to the savagery of some of the prisoners. Somehow no one hurt the wrong people during the... chaos. Perhaps someone was looking after the main characters of the - oh, nevermind.

(Anyone notice how in Undertale I'm set on protecting the 4th Wall, with an army to protect it, and in Hermitcraft I made basically a whole team of Hermits set on breaking it? Hmmm crossover ideas...)

But killing a few cops out of a thousand wouldn't help much. Tango could already hear the sirens of backup police arriving. Hopefully Xisuma remembered to do his job during the fight...

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Xisuma clenched his teeth, trying to ignore the sounds of shooting and shouting. He had to focus at his job, as he couldn't let his friends down now. If they were caught, they'd probably be put in something like solitary confinement. And he couldn't fight, so the best he could to was make an escape route. Then, with a clang, the vent opened up, revealing a maze of paths that were just barely tall enough to crawl in. After checking to make sure the vent was safe, he found that turning right led directly into a storage room with a window. Smiling to himself, he returned to the battle scene to find that the cops had been disposed of with only a few casualties on their side. The police were never really well trained, this was a cheap prison. "Hey, I got our escape. Hurry before reinforcements arrive." X said to his friends, pointing to the vent. "Just turn right." One by one, the prisoners started escaping through the vents until it was just X, Doc, Tango, and the two strangers that Tango saved from the massacre. Doc watched the two warily. "What are we going to do with them?" He growled. Tango just shrugged. "They're coming with us." Tango turned to the terrified strangers and simply said, "crawl." The two nodded frantically and went through the vent system, Tango following close behind. Then X heard the sound of the main gate opening. He quickly dove into the vent with Doc close behind, shutting the vent behind them. The police arrived to find a bunch of dead bodies and no people.

When Xisuma arrived in the room, the window was already broken. The people had stacked the boxes and made a staircase up to the window, and were jumping down.

"Wow," Xisuma breathed. "I never thought we'd get this far."

Doc nodded, a hand on his shoulder. "Don't celebrate just yet, we still have to get away." He turned to Tango and eyed the two strangers. "They coming too?"

Tango nodded. "Of course."

"Who are they anyway?"

"You haven't guessed? Alright, I'll tell you when we get out." Pulling the other two by their wrists, Tango climbed up to the window and jumped out. Doc turned to X, grinning. "Come on, let's go." Then the two jumped out together, landing on the grass where the others were waiting.

Now they were outside the building, but there was a big wall in the way. "So what do we do now?" The prisoners looked at each other blankly. Yeah, they had not thought that far. (Or maybe a certain author ran out of ideas. Which is why everything after this part is cringe.) But they had to think fast. Then, a voice spoke up. "You could use the key and go through a watchtower," they suggested. Everyone turned around to look at the person who spoke. It was one of the people Tango brought with them, and they were holding up a key ring with several keys on it. Their friend stood behind them, their eyes untrusting. But that makes sense, considering everyone else here was a prisoner who was escaping right now...

Tango just smiled. "Perfect!" Taking the key, he scanned the area for watchtowers. He grinned when he saw one. "That was smart, Zed!"

No one questioned how he knew "Zed"s name. (It's Zedaph btw) Following Tango, the group headed toward the watchtower, with "Zed" and his friend staying a good distance away from the group, seeming to only be comfortable around the red-eyed blonde. Testing the keys, the group managed to open the door and started to climb up the ladder. Soon, they reached the top.

"Wait, we have to jump down?" Tango's friend with the black and yellow shirt with an "i" on it. He looked down nervously. "It's okay Imp, I won't let you get hurt!" Xisuma looked at Doc, gripping his hand. "I don't really want to jump that..." X muttered. Doc smiled at him comfortingly. "It'll be fine. We're almost free!"

"But where will we go afterward?"